India's geoscientists urged to step up hunt for oil and gas

Jaipur, Oct 26 (IANS) The Government has urged India’s geoscientific community to adopt bold, time-bound exploration strategies aligned with the National Deepwater Mission to help the country achieve the goal of self-reliance in energy.

Petroleum Secretary Pankaj Jain, in his address at the inaugural session of the 15th Biennial International Conference and Exposition of the Society of Petroleum Geophysicists (SPG-India) 2025 here on Sunday, called upon the scientific community to combine scientific rigour with commercial vision, stating that India can no longer afford incremental progress.